I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
TOM PETTYIf I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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